Freestone County News

Navarro County sheriff's deputies were investigating Thursday after a man involved in a fight at a Central Texas topless club later died.

Housing an average of more than 25 out-of-county inmates per day over the past few weeks, Anderson County has generated almost $20,000 in revenue through the housing of such inmates, according to local ...

In the fall of 1998, an idea was born and a committee formed which began as the annual Child Care Conference.

September 21, 2008 The Women's Motocross Association announced today the new location and date of the WMA Cup the largest women's motocross race in history.

Cherokee County A Wildcat will see Glover 1 drilled by Chesapeake Operating four miles northwest of Wells in Williams R Survey A-921 to 14,000 feet.

The Wortham ISD superintendent is thanking authorities and his staff for their response to a bomb threat Friday.

Ike weakened to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning as it moved north through East Texas and there were reports of downed trees and power lines in some counties in eastern Central Texas.

A Robertson County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman reports that Franklin, Calvert and Bremond are entirely without power as a result of high winds from Hurricane Ike.

Preparing for the worst and hoping for the best! That was the task of local emergency-preparedness personnel Friday afternoon, September 12, as Hurricane Ike closed in on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Anderson County In a lease two miles northwest of Slocum in Delaney Branch Field, Burnett 1 will be drilled by Wilson Don H. to 3,000 feet in Martin P Survey A-41. Brookside Storage will drill Bethel Salt Dome ...

A Palestine couple was arrested on drug charges Sunday afternoon during the course of a routine traffic stop which resulted in the discovery of a small amount of methamphetamine.

'The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries management and Kills and Spills Team said Friday it isn't sure of the exact cause of a kill that left thousands of fish dead at Lake Fairfield in ...

In this ever-changing world lowering the environmental footprint of humans is becoming more and more important as resources strain to keep up with demand.

The Mexia Police Department will have two positions to fill - IF the posts are to be filled.

In a lease 10.2 miles northeast of Palestine in a Wildcat, Suemaur E&P will drill to 12,000 feet.

By MAX B. BAKER FORT WORTH - For the twelfth year in a row, the Tarrant Regional Water District's proposed budget may not boost the tax rate, but it still includes enough money to pump tens of millions of ...

Disaster can strike at any place, any time, to anybody, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert.

Saturday, Freestone County Sheriff's Deputies Robert Willis and Cory House arrested a man and a woman at Fisherman's Point on multiple narcotics charges.

Steady, light rainfall is helping to ease Anderson County's recent tinderbox fire conditions.

On Aug. 11, a 911 call was received at the Freestone County Sheriff's Office advising that a worker had been crushed by a falling roof on FCR-1265. Fairfield VFD, FEMS and local Deputies responded to the scene.